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The Terminology Of Soft Furnishings In Ancient Babylonia, Greece, And Rome: A Comparative Approach, Dimitra Andrianou, Elena Miramontes, Louise Quillien

Textile Crossroads: Exploring European Clothing, Identity, and Culture across Millennia

Various kinds of textiles were used to furnish domestic spaces in Antiquity, such as curtains, covers, hangings, pillows, cushions, mattresses, rugs, tapestries, tablecloths, and towels. These objects have practical and everyday functions, they embellish and add to daily comfort in the house and speak to the owner’s prosperity. Being made of perishable materials, furnishings have, on the whole, not survived in ancient Mesopotamia, Greece, and Rome. Apart from a few excavated pieces of textiles found in tombs, our information comes primarily from written testimonia and iconography.

It is thus essential to consider soft furnishings in their own right, in order …

Textiles, Dress And Politics: A Diachronic Perspective Through The Case Studies Of Ancient Rome And Medieval Iceland, Meghan Korten, Zofia Kaczmarek

Textile Crossroads: Exploring European Clothing, Identity, and Culture across Millennia

People dress for more than just aesthetic reasons. Over the centuries, dress became a sign of human civilization, allowing us to identify the origin, gender, and status of the wearer. Textiles and clothing influence our body, posture, movements, and the way we are perceived by society. Textiles are also a tool used by people to further their agenda, that is why they found their place in the political life of many ancient and modern societies.

According to Michel Foucault, power can be understood as a set of activities influencing the life of the other: It provokes, forbids, or permits, but …

Letter From The Faculty Editor, Beth Kegley

Discovery, The Student Journal of Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.

The Efficacy Of Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy: A Literature Review, Erica Thiem

Counselor Education Capstones

Equine-assisted psychotherapy (EAP) is a growing form of psychotherapy that has yet to establish a solid research base. The present literature review sought to determine for which adult population(s), if any, this method is the most recommended. This author completed a literature review that involved reading twenty-one studies on a variety of adult populations. Studies were found about veterans and/or people diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder, patients with substance use disorders, survivors of interpersonal violence, psychiatric patients, college students, older adults, women with eating disorders and more. Zero incidences of harm were found by using EAP. However, the literature was …

Evaluating The Deductive Competence Of Large Language Models, Spencer M. Seals, Valerie L. Shalin

Psychology Faculty Publications

The development of highly fluent large language models (LLMs) has prompted increased interest in assessing their reasoning and problem-solving capabilities. We investigate whether several LLMs can solve a classic type of deductive reasoning problem from the cognitive science literature. The tested LLMs have limited abilities to solve these problems in their conventional form. We performed follow up experiments to investigate if changes to the presentation format and content improve model performance. We do find performance differences between conditions; however, they do not improve overall performance. Moreover, we find that performance interacts with presentation format and content in unexpected ways that …

Uni Lgbt* History, Hunter Thompson , Compiler/Editor

UNI Proud Documents

This project aims to provide the future of queer activists of this campus a better picture of the roots of activism on this campus. I think of this project as my own personal version of The Celluloid Closet, but instead of old movies it's old Northern Iowan articles. There has always been resistance at UNI, and this document hopes to show that resistance. It is however by no means complete, as often resistance has to occur in the shadows. What this work is hours and hours of searching the archives of The Northern Iowan, for those brief snapshots …

The Spiritual Well-Being Scale (Swbs) As An Indicator Of General Well-Being, Rodger K. Bufford, Jessica Cantely, Jaycee Hallford, Yadira Vega, Jessica Wilbur

Faculty Publications - Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) Program

Developed in the context of the subjective well-being movement in the 1970s, the Spiritual Well -Being Scale (SWBS) has stood the test of time. It was conceived within a theistic tradition and embodied the sense of well-being suggested in Biblical texts. The Old Testament greeting and blessing, shalom, seems to convey well the underlying concept of well-being. In this chapter we explore the empirical support and practical significance of the SWBS as a measure of well-being using the notion of biopsychosocial health as proposed by Engel and adapted by Sulmasy to include a religious/spiritual (R/S) dimension as well. Since the …

The Disney+ Kingdom : Essays On Nostalgia, Representation And Branding, John Perlich, David Whitt

BSU Faculty PubCast

Listen to a conversation with Dr. John Perlich (Bemidji State) and Dr. David Whitt (Nebraska Wesleyan), editors and contributors on the book Disney+ Kingdom: Essays on Nostalgia, Representation and Branding. It is a collection of essays that examines a variety of Disney+ content.

Credit: Podcast produced by Tammy Bobrowsky (Bemidji State). Music "Collaboration"by Radioontheshelf, 2025 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0).

Treating Young Adult Cannabis Use Disorder With Text Message-Delivered Peer Network Counseling, Nikola Zaharakis, J. Douglas Coatsworth, Nathaniel R. Riggs, Aubrie Radford, Stephanie Rayburn, Jeremy Mennis, Michael A. Russell, Aaron Brown, Michael J. Mason

Social Work Faculty Publications

Background: Approximately 16.5% of U.S. young adults have a cannabis use disorder (CUD) and are at risk for negative outcomes. Treatment can reduce cannabis use, but young adults are less likely to seek help than older adults. Peer Network Counseling-txt (PNC-txt) is a brief, text-delivered, Motivational Interviewing-informed substance use intervention focusing on peer relations and activity spaces as mechanisms for behavioral change. PNC-txt has shown evidence of reducing tobacco and cannabis use with adolescents and young adults, but it has not been tested in the context of legal cannabis use. The current randomized controlled trial sought to expand the evidence …

Tennessee Poll 2024 - Methods Statement And Moe Table, Applied Social Research Lab, East Tennessee State University

The Tennessee Poll

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Tennessee Poll 2024 - Pre-Release, Applied Social Research Lab, East Tennessee State University

The Tennessee Poll

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Tennessee Poll 2024 - Press Release #4, Applied Social Research Lab, East Tennessee State University

The Tennessee Poll

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Tennessee Poll 2024 - Press Release #5, Applied Social Research Lab, East Tennessee State University

The Tennessee Poll

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Down The Bay Oral History Project Newsletter - Winter 2024, Center For Archaeological Studies, Mccall Library

Down the Bay Oral History Project Newsletter

Public newsletter sharing information about progress and discoveries during the ongoing Down The Bay Project.

Down The Bay Oral History Project Newsletter - Summer 2024, Center For Archaeological Studies, Mccall Library

Down the Bay Oral History Project Newsletter

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The Impact Of Censorship On Covid-19 Policy Formation In The United States, Victor Wallis

Faculty Works

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Part 2: Virginia's Metropolitan Areas: Growth, Challenges, And The Road Ahead, Dragas Center For Economic Analysis And Policy, Old Dominion University

State of the Commonwealth Reports

In this chapter, we survey the performance of Virginia’s metropolitan areas this decade. We first discuss population trends and the demographic challenges facing metro areas. We then delve into measures of economic activity, including taxable sales and Gross Domestic Product (GDP). We also discuss labor markets in each metro area. We conclude with thoughts about how Virginia can foster growth across its metropolitan areas.

2024 State Of The Commonwealth Report, Vinod Agarwal, James V. Koch, Feng Lian, Anna Makhorkina, Melody Nguyen, Terry Parker, Mohamed Rahoui, Jay Walker, Leiu Yuenyong

State of the Commonwealth Reports

This is Old Dominion University’s 10th annual State of the Commonwealth Report. While it represents the work of many people connected in various ways to the university, the report does not constitute an official viewpoint of Old Dominion, its president, Brian Hemphill, Ph.D., the Board of Visitors, the Strome College of Business or the generous donors who support the activities of the Dragas Center for Economic Analysis and Policy.

Our work seeks to contribute to the conversation about how Virginia can foster growth across the Commonwealth without glossing over the challenges we face. We want to encourage difficult conversations to …

พฤติกรรมการสื่อสารและบทบาทของแฟนคลับกลุ่มมัมหมีของมาสคอตบัตเตอร์แบร์, อิงฟ้า งามวงษ์วาน

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

การวิจัยครั้งนี้มีจุดประสงค์เพื่อศึกษาพฤติกรรมการสื่อสารของแฟนคลับกลุ่มมัมหมีของ Butterbear เป็นอย่างไร และบทบาทของแฟนคลับกลุ่มมัมหมีของ Butterbear เป็นอย่างไร โดยใช้วิธีการวิจัยเชิงคุณภาพ (Qualitative Research) โดยใช้วิธีการสัมภาษณ์เชิงลึก (In-dept Interview) แฟนคลับของ Butterbear สัญชาติไทย ที่มีลักษณะเป็นมัมหมี จำนวน 12 คน ในช่วงเดือนมิถุนายน พ.ศ. 2568 ผลการวิจัยพบว่ากลุ่มแฟนคลับมัมหมีของมาสคอต Butterbear ใช้วิธีโซเชียลมีเดียเป็นช่องทางหลักในการสื่อสาร โดยแพลตฟอร์มสำคัญ ได้แก่ TikTok, Openchat และการแสดงออกบนพื้นที่ทางกายภาพ เพื่อการแสดงอัตลักษณ์ เพื่อการสื่อสารระหว่างแฟนคลับมัมหมีและ Butterbear และเพื่อสร้างและธำรงวัฒนธรรมแฟนคลับ นอกจากนี้ยังพบว่าความลึกซึ้งในการตีความ Butterbear ของแฟนคลับในแต่ละกลุ่มจะมีความแตกต่างกัน ขึ้นอยู่กับการเปิดรับ Butterbear ในรูปแบบต่างๆ ตามความต้องการส่วนบุคคลที่ยังขาดหายในชีวิตของแต่ละคน แฟนคลับกลุ่มมัมหมีไม่ได้มองคาแรกเตอร์ของ Butterbear เป็นเพียงแค่คาแรกเตอร์ทั่วไป แต่ยังมองลึกไปถึงความเป็นมนุษย์ของบุคคลผู้สวมบทบาท Butterbear

The Roles Of Inward Fdi On Environmental Quality In Asian Countries, Onpreeya Kunthong

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This study investigates the impact of inward foreign direct investment (FDI) on environmental quality across 31 Asian countries from 1990 to 2020. These countries are categorized into three income groups: 14 lower-middle income, 10 upper-middle income, and 7 high-income countries. Environmental quality is assessed using two key indicators—carbon dioxide (CO₂) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) emissions. To capture both the short- and long-run dynamics, the research uses the panel Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) technique within the STIRPAT (Stochastic Impacts by Regression on Population, Affluence, and Technology) model framework. The study is based on two competing hypotheses: the pollution halo hypothesis, …

แนวทางการสร้างกระบวนการฝึกอบรมเพื่อพัฒนาทักษะการสื่อสารเชิงอารมณ์ของผู้ประกาศข่าวประเภทรายการเล่าข่าว, ศจี คันธยศ

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

งานวิจัยเชิงคุณภาพนี้ มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อศึกษาถึงสถานการณ์และคุณลักษณะของผู้ประกาศข่าวที่มีทักษะการสื่อสารเชิงอารมณ์ และแนวทางการสร้างกระบวนการฝึกอบรมเพื่อพัฒนาทักษะดังกล่าวสำหรับผู้ประกาศข่าวประเภทรายการเล่าข่าว โดยใช้วิธีการเชิงปฏิบัติการ ด้วยการวิเคราะห์เอกสารและงานวิจัยเพื่อสร้างเครื่องมือสัมภาษณ์เชิงลึกกับผู้ประกาศข่าวประเภทรายการเล่าข่าว จำนวน 6 ท่าน จากนั้นนำข้อมูลจากการสัมภาษณ์มาวิเคราะห์ร่วมกับเอกสารและงานวิจัยเพื่อสังเคราะห์เป็นแนวทางกระบวนการฝึกอบรม ผ่านการตรวจสอบความตรงและความเที่ยงโดยผู้เชี่ยวชาญ 3 ท่าน ก่อนนำไปฝึกอบรมจริงกับกลุ่มผู้ประกาศข่าว จำนวน 7 คน ผลการวิจัยสรุปได้ 3 ประเด็นดังนี้ ประเด็นที่ 1 ลักษณะสถานการณ์ที่จำเป็นต้องมีทักษะการสื่อสารเชิงอารมณ์ ดังนี้ 1) อ่านข่าวที่มีเนื้อหาสะเทือนใจเกี่ยวกับเด็ก 2) ทราบข่าวร้ายกะทันหัน 3) หยุดหัวเราะไม่ได้ และ 4) อ่านข่าวที่มีเนื้อหาความรุนแรง ประเด็นที่ 2 คุณลักษณะของผู้ประกาศข่าวที่มีทักษะการสื่อสารเชิงอารมณ์ ดังนี้ 1) มีสติ 2) สลัดทิ้งสิ่งที่วิตกกังวลได้ทันที 3) มีทีมเวิร์ค 4) เปลี่ยนความสนใจที่รบกวนให้มาอยู่กับตัวเองแทน ประเด็นที่ 3 แนวทางการสร้างกระบวนการฝึกอบรมเพื่อพัฒนาทักษะการสื่อสารเชิงอารมณ์ของผู้ประกาศข่าวประเภทรายการเล่าข่าว ในส่วนนี้ผู้วิจัยนำผลของคำถามนำวิจัยข้อที่ 1 และคำถามนำวิจัยข้อที่ 2 มาสังเคราะห์ด้วย “รูปแบบกระบวนการฝึกอบรม” โดยนำ “แนวคิดจิตตปัญญาศึกษา” มาเป็นรากฐานของหลักสูตร ออกแบบการจัดฝึกอบรมด้วย “แนวคิดการจัดการเรียนรู้โดยใช้กิจกรรมเป็นฐาน” และ “แนวคิดสื่อสารการแสดง” จนนำมาสู่ 9 หัวข้อกิจกรรม โดยผลประเมินการอบรมจากแนวทางดังกล่าวพบว่า ผู้เข้าร่วมอบรมมีทักษะการสื่อสารเชิงอารมณ์ที่ดีขึ้น มีสมาธิ แก้ปัญหาเฉพาะหน้าได้อย่างไหลลื่น สามารถรับรู้บุคลิกภาพการสื่อสารของตนเอง รวมถึงสามารถจัดการอารมณ์ความเครียดที่เกิดจากการเล่าข่าวประจำวัน

Life In Hampton Roads Report: The 15th Annual Life In Hampton Roads Survey, Tancy Vandecar-Burdin, Randy R. Gainey, Jesse T. Richman, Mackenzie Kibler, Brianna Ovalle, Caylin Smith, Katie Sturniolo, Wendi Wilson-John

Life in Hampton Roads Survey Report

[From the Executive Summary]

The Social Science Research Center (SSRC) at Old Dominion University (ODU) has compiled the results from the 15th annual Life in Hampton Roads (LIHR) survey. The purpose of the survey was to gain insight into residents’ perceptions of the quality of life in Hampton Roads. A total of 640 telephone surveys were completed between June 4 and August 16, 2024. These interviews were conducted via telephone, as they were in the past, except for 2020 and 2021. Three-fifths of respondents rated the quality of life in the region as excellent or good (60.1%). As seen from …

Tell Me Yours, I’Ll Tell You Mine: Reciprocity And Self-Disclosure Among Extroverts And Introverts, Heba Muhsin, Marina Gergies, Veen Briefki, Kaniyah Newborn

Science University Research Symposium (SURS)

Existing research indicates that extraversion is positively correlated with high levels of self-disclosure (Tang et al., 2022; Loiacono et al., 2012), while research on extraversion in online contexts suggests that extraversion is negatively correlated with self-disclosure (D’Agata et al., 2021; Caci et al., 2019). However, introversion influences low levels of self-disclosure in offline friendships (Battle et al., 2024). Self-disclosure reciprocity refers to the process where a person shares personal information in response to another’s disclosure, matching both in depth and level of intimacy (Derlega et al., 1973). Research has yet to explore how initiation of self-disclosure influences reciprocity differently in …

Money Doesn’T Grow On Trees: How Financial Literacy Is Learned And Developed Within American Childhood, Nate Lewis

Soaring: A Journal of Undergraduate Research

Financial literacy refers to the ability to process and utilize economic information to make informed decisions for their wellbeing. Given concerning indicators of financial outcomes within the United States, it is crucial to understand how and when strong financial behavior is developed. Efforts to enhance financial education have explored incorporating financial concepts into children’s literature and games. Yet, research indicates that financial literacy is far more rooted in the habits learned from one’s family, despite the emphasis often placed on schooling and socioeconomic status. It is therefore evident that efforts to promote financial literacy must always involve empowering family members …

Reshaping Black Brilliance: Towards The Development Of A Pan-Afrikan Pedagogy, Amiri Mahnzili

CGU Theses & Dissertations

The academic experience of Afrikan students is constantly perceived through deficit paradigms. Reshaping Black Brilliance is informed by the axiom that the academic experience of Afrikan students should be grounded in the richness and complexities of Afrikan culture, as opposed to the deficit paradigms. This project proposes to reimagine the possibilities of academic success for Afrikan students through an Afrofuturistic methodological approach intended to highlight and bring out the brilliance of Afrikan students. This work seeks to investigate the expansive possibilities of Afrofuturism as a methodology for the production of a Pan-Afrikan pedagogy, examining the power of the imagination through …

Navigating Progress: The Role Of State Capacity In Shaping China’S Internal Migration Dynamic, Yuzhu Zeng

CGU Theses & Dissertations

Migration is an important demographic phenomenon, especially domestic migration in an open society driven by opportunities in China after the 1970s. With the surge of internal migration, regional development disparities have widened. This study aims to examine migration flows within the subnational framework in China. Mainstream theories of migration argue that economic push/pull factors affect migration flow. I propose that state capacity and citizen registration policy are also essential components and make substantial differences in population migration. State capacity in this research is defined as the government’s capacity to extract resources via taxation to implement desired policy, revealing the effectiveness …

Essays On Regional Economic Integration, Economic Growth, And Economic Development In West Africa, Nyema Guannu

CGU Theses & Dissertations

Since the end of colonial rule by major European powers, the throughline of economic integration between African countries has been one of resolve and urgency toward closer regional economic cooperation. There is close to complete unanimity, at least in principle, among African leaders and governments - as evidenced by their signatory to and ratification of the treaties establishing The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), The Mano River Union (MRU), and The West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) – to meet the goal of regional economic integration. The originating treaties of these regional economic integration blocs were optimistic …

“It’S All About Sex [Education] Baby, Let’S Talk About Sdt!” :The Impact Of Identity And Priming On Retention Of Sex Ed Information, Kathleen Mcginley

CGU Theses & Dissertations

Sex Education (Sex Ed) is crucial in the United States due to its impact on health, finance, politics, and education. Despite existing programs, the U.S. has one of the highest rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and unplanned pregnancies worldwide according to the 2021 dataset collected by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). The Department of Health and Services advocates for increased education to reduce these rates. This dissertation investigated the effectiveness of Sex Ed by examining the role of identity, priming, Self-Determination Theory, and the Theory of Planned Behavior. It focused on information retention, attitude change, and …

Pandemic Pathways: An Integrated Approach To Studying The Pandemic’S Employment Impacts On Paid And Unpaid Care Of Children 0 To 11 Years Old, Johanna S. Quinn

Sociology Faculty Publications

The pandemic adversely affected the employment of child caregivers, exacerbating already existing inequalities. The authors offer an integrated framework that considers the interdependencies between unpaid and paid child caregiving and the construction of the childcare sector as a devalued and fractionalized group. The authors outline the prepandemic positioning of mothers, childcare teachers, preschool teachers, and primary school teachers. Then, using cross-sectional and panel data from the Current Population Survey, the authors describe how the pandemic affected these four groups of child caregivers’ employment between January 2018 and December 2022. Black, Brown, and non-college-educated mothers were hit particularly hard during the …

Prediction Of Carbonation Capacity Of Scms Using Ensemble Learning Method, Kangyi Cai, Jian Liu, Edward Mwanza, Mahelet G. Fikru, Hongyan Ma, Donald C. Wunsch

Economics Faculty Research & Creative Works

The utilization of supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) subjected to carbonation processing represents a viable strategy to mitigate anthropogenic CO₂ emissions associated with concrete production, potentially contributing to the achievement of carbon neutrality. However, existing studies have limitations in effectively predicting the varying carbonation capacities of different SCMs, a gap that this research aims to address. Recent research efforts focused on the carbonation of waste-material-sourced SCMs are reviewed, along with a comparative discussion on diverse carbonation methods. A detailed data set encapsulating the properties of SCMs, and carbonation configurations was compiled. At the same time, six ensemble learning models were …